Arts & Sciences and Trinity College

5,308 students from 50 states and 58 countries: 13 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 12 percent African-American, 8 percent Hispanic/Latino/Latina, 7 percent international
593 faculty members: 27 percent women, 19 percent ethnic or racial minorities

Every member of the class of 2008 got an Apple iPod, and professors used the technology to teach in innovative ways.
Eighteen first-year undergraduate women formed the inaugural class of the Baldwin Scholars Program, which trains them as leaders to expand possibilities for women within Duke’s campus culture.
The popular FOCUS seminar program reached past first-years’ fall semester with "Exploring the Mind 2" for both first-years and sophomores.
The student ticket price for most arts events dropped to $5, part of an emphasis on arts and culture.

Herbert Edelsbrunner, Arts & Sciences Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Robert Keohane, former James B. Duke Professor of Political Science, elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Emily Heikamp T'05, Marshall Scholarship.
Juniors Peter Q. Blair, Adam Chandler, and William Hwang, Goldwater Scholarships.
Hersh Sandesara T'06, Truman Scholarship.

Bruce Kuniholm, director of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Ann Sundberg, director Arts & Sciences Development; Robert Wright, senior major gifts director; Ty Harrell, associate director
Michele A. Rasmussen G'99, assistant dean of Trinity College and director of the Pre-Major Advising Center
Lynn White, assistant dean for the Pre-Major Advising Center
Denise K. Comer, director of Writing 20 in the University Writing Program

William Gross T’66 and Sue Gross, $15 million for undergraduate scholarships
The Duke Endowment, $14.99 million to expand the FOCUS Program and increase undergraduate research opportunities
Dr. Harold J. Brody T’70, $240,000 to renovate the Branson Theater